memory pavilions, 2020

In my architectural approach to urban heritage, I decided to focus on exploring personal memory as a way to open conversations about social and environmental history. I found small objects on the site that I could remove: wrappers, receipts, gutter clips. Among my explorations, I also became curious about the textures and experiences I could not take from the site, but could study by rubbing, recording, and translating sensory experiences into other transportable languages.

Through this translation I designed small pavilions intended to cradle people, temporarily, and in such a way that reflects the tactile nature of my work using handmade paper for the section models and memory vehicle map. The products of this studio are derivative of my personal investigation of memory though small, tactile experiences and souvenirs.